Earthquake

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synomyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 Related terms 1.3 See also

English

Pronunciation

Earth*quake

• AHD: //
• IPA: /ˈɜːθˌkweɪk/
• SAMPA: /"3:TkweIk/

UHRTH-kweïk

Noun

earthquake (plural: earthquakes)

1. A shaking of the earth, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults.

Synomyms

• quake

Translations

• Dutch: aardbeving f, aardschok m
• Finnish: maanjäristys
• French: tremblement de terre m, séisme m
• German: Erdbeben n
• Greek: σεισμός (seismos) m
• Italian: terremoto m
• Japanese: 地震 (じしん, jishin)
• Lithuanian: žemės drebėjimas m
• Polish: trzęsienie ziemi n
• Portuguese: terremoto m
• Romanian: cutremur n
• Spanish: terremoto m, temblor m
• Tok Pisin: guria

Related terms

• moonquake

See also

• fault line
• Richter scale
• seismic
• seismograph
• seismologist
• seismology